09-09-2017, 03:12 PM
Yes, you can say that a bhakti approach to Divine realization can be problematic, but so are the others. There's an age-old association with serious seeking and mental illness, for example, because one can easily go too far too fast into one's fearful unconscious and do real damage there.
Some people simply operate more clearly on a feeling level than on any other and, yes, when led astray by a false guru, may feel profoundly betrayed. But this is the type of catalyst they are seeking--presumably.
Finally, working that way can be far more efficient than it appears.
Amitabha Buddha is a very clean vibration (by my standards) and if one can attune oneself to it, the benefits are not inconsequential. By focusing the mind on "All is impermanent, all is without self" one comes around to Ra's suggestion of seeing self in the other. In this case it's a modification: seeing no-self in all (simply a play of Intelligent Infinity), therefore perfect unity.
After reading the Ra Material and saying, "Oh, yeah, that makes sense," one's being is not greatly distorted by such a casual observation, I would aver. But a deep heartfelt practice of vibrating a sense of oneness will stand one in good stead when one is asked to ascend the fateful steps of light to determine which density it will move to next.
All that said, this is not my primary modality, however, I find it very useful to go to sacred places and surrender to the vibrations there I identify as resonant with my path. Learning-by-surrendering-to-the-vibration is a useful tool, indeed. Bhakti may not be as silly as it first appears to a being of a contrasting persuasion.
Some people simply operate more clearly on a feeling level than on any other and, yes, when led astray by a false guru, may feel profoundly betrayed. But this is the type of catalyst they are seeking--presumably.
Finally, working that way can be far more efficient than it appears.
Quote:The essential practice in Pure Land Buddhism is the chanting of the name of Amitabha Buddha with total concentration, trusting that one will be reborn in the Pure Land, a place where it is much easier for a being to work towards enlightenment.
Amitabha Buddha is a very clean vibration (by my standards) and if one can attune oneself to it, the benefits are not inconsequential. By focusing the mind on "All is impermanent, all is without self" one comes around to Ra's suggestion of seeing self in the other. In this case it's a modification: seeing no-self in all (simply a play of Intelligent Infinity), therefore perfect unity.
After reading the Ra Material and saying, "Oh, yeah, that makes sense," one's being is not greatly distorted by such a casual observation, I would aver. But a deep heartfelt practice of vibrating a sense of oneness will stand one in good stead when one is asked to ascend the fateful steps of light to determine which density it will move to next.
All that said, this is not my primary modality, however, I find it very useful to go to sacred places and surrender to the vibrations there I identify as resonant with my path. Learning-by-surrendering-to-the-vibration is a useful tool, indeed. Bhakti may not be as silly as it first appears to a being of a contrasting persuasion.
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